Personal praises and criticism of the Men of Influence blog

In his series of blogs, Jordan desires to inform the reader that God has a specific purpose for him/her, but decides to write just for the guys. I believe the way that he started his blog is a necessity to win over the hearts and the open minds of the reader as he begins to explain that in the field of masculinity, he has failed many times. Stating this, he can then go on to picture his journey so far for the reader and help provide the men words from God and from experts on what Christian Masculinity looks like. Jordan uses videos throughout his blogs to tug on the readers' hearts and to prove a large point: Christian masculinity is being lived out in huge ways every day. In his second blog he presents a video of Rick and Dick Hoyt and the story of sacrifice from the father to live out God's plan in his life. He is anything but mediocre, and his life and legacy, because he allowed God to live through him, is that of a true man. The next blog in the series takes a similar story of a man overcoming obstacles...with no arms or legs! A video of this God fearing man is used to provide inspiration to the viewers, and Jordan explains that Vujicic used his unfortunate circumstances to challenge and inspire others around the world. He speaks world wide, helps change many lives, but understands that God is who gets the glory. So after using the first three blogs to explain how Christian masculinity should be seen and showing examples of two men who are walking images of "men," an article denouncing masculinity is used for the next blog. The writer of the article, Paul Couglin, says that the world has a sour taste in its mouth when hearing the world "masculinity" because the word is not seen in the correct light. Society sees the corrupt things that have come from "boys" and immature guys, but they then immediately tie this to Christian masculinity which is incorrect. Society also strips guys from any wildness that God wants them to have, as the men are domesticated and chained to their jobs and the busyness of life. For his natural forces post, Jordan applies an interesting touch to what his "natural force" will be. He ends up using Roberto Clemente's life to address the topic of "natural forces." I think this was well done because he took a topic that is broad and used an athlete who defied the odds and was one of the best players in history, yet still layed his life down for people he did not know and ended up dieing for. Finally, he does a blog review on Zoe's blog, which he believes is what a blog should look like. Overall, I think Jordan did a good job with his topics, but in the beginning blog he did say he would address a few things that he did not use which include: what mentorship looks like and the exact definition in God's eyes of Christian masculinity. Overall, I believe that Jordan did a good job starting a young man off on the journey.